The killing of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisc. is making an impact on sports throughout the nation and, on Thursday, that included the SEC.
Earlier in the day, Kentucky football players decided to boycott training in a protest of the shooting by police officers of Blake, a Black man.
We stand together as a @UKFootball family. pic.twitter.com/DaC48oXfNP
— Kentucky Football (@UKFootball) August 27, 2020
It is now being reported that Mississippi State players have decided to do the same.
Per sources at Mississippi State, the players are boycotting training camp practice today. Second team in the SEC to do so this week (Kentucky did earlier this week)
— Paul Jones (@PJ247Sports) August 27, 2020
This follows the decision of the NBA and WNBA to postpone its games on Wednesday in a silent protest as well as some MLB teams deciding to do the same.